ARTIST: The Maypops
TITLE: Spirits Of Agnew
LABEL: Lil' Buddy Records
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 44:09 min
SIZE:  66,4 MB
RIP DATE: Oct-27-2005
RELEASE DATE: Nov-05-2005
WEBSITE: n/a

Track List:

01. Black Eyed Susan                           02:42
02. Yola My Blues Away                         03:19
03. The Bloom Is Off The Rose                  03:10
04. Stuck In First                             02:11
05. Summer Thunder                             03:25
06. Set Me Up, Knock Me Down                   03:59
07. Purple And Blue                            04:23
08. Love Song #37                              03:01
09. Baked Cliche                               03:57
10. Hangman                                    03:07
11. Ready To Crawl                             02:34
12. Combustible                                03:05
13. Lazy                                       02:29
14. Listen Sound Off                           02:47

Release Notes:

You're reading this 'cause you haven't heard
Maypops yet and you have to.

This Ann Arbor, Michigan-based band is the latest
oeuvre of 6 foot, 4 inch, Scottish/Afghan song
wrangler Khalid Hanifi; Fourteen undeniably hooky,
pop-rock gems distinguished from the seething masses
by quirky, inventive lyrics that keep you guessing
long enough to deliver their one-two punch when you
least expect it.

You're reading this 'cause somebody told you to
check this guy out.
Fair enough.

If the name is familiar, that's because Khalid and
sister Sophia were the forces behind Map of the
World, one of the most popular bands ever to sprout
from Ann Arbor's fertile soil and make it all the
way to a deal with Atlantic Records. A Billboard
Magazine review of the band's CD urged listeners to
"delve deeply into this blessed event." Many
listeners, coast to coast, did just that and came
back for more.

But deals and bands share the same evanescent
qualities of music and mystery and that was then and
this is now and the word is official: Khalid Hanifi
is back with a slew of new songs and a cadre of new
compatriots (co-founding member and bassist Oni
Werth, co-producer Tim Patalan (Sponge/The Fags),
drummers Vinnie Dombrowski (Sponge) and Ron
Pangborn, keyboardist Chris Benjey and guitarists
Brian Delaney and Ann Arbor legend George Bedard)
who pour their talents into the pot.

And you're reading this 'cause maybe you want to
know something about the songs.

Maypops' debut CD, Spirits of Agnew, brims with
winners like Blackeyed Susan, The Bloom Is Off The
Rose and Hangman, in which melody is king, incisive,
curious poetry its willing consort, and scrappy
irreverence plays court jester. Perhaps only
Scottish/Afghan youth reared on The Beatles in
Saline, Michigan can come up with lyrics like:

"And if you think I need you, that is correct, my
sweet placebo."